netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 00/15] Introducing AF

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Message-Id: <20180503.110702.2013384975566084113.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 03 May 2018 11:07:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     bjorn.topel@...il.com
Cc:     magnus.karlsson@...el.com, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com,
        alexander.duyck@...il.com, john.fastabend@...il.com, ast@...com,
        brouer@...hat.com, willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, mst@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bjorn.topel@...el.com, michael.lundkvist@...csson.com,
        jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, anjali.singhai@...el.com,
        qi.z.zhang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 00/15] Introducing AF_XDP support

From: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com>
Date: Wed,  2 May 2018 13:01:21 +0200

> This patch set introduces a new address family called AF_XDP that is
> optimized for high performance packet processing and, in upcoming
> patch sets, zero-copy semantics. In this patch set, we have removed
> all zero-copy related code in order to make it smaller, simpler and
> hopefully more review friendly. This patch set only supports copy-mode
> for the generic XDP path (XDP_SKB) for both RX and TX and copy-mode
> for RX using the XDP_DRV path. Zero-copy support requires XDP and
> driver changes that Jesper Dangaard Brouer is working on. Some of his
> work has already been accepted. We will publish our zero-copy support
> for RX and TX on top of his patch sets at a later point in time.
 ...

Looks great.

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>